Diana Michiu’s Ukulele Handbook
January – Amazing Grace C C7 F C Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, C Am G7 That saved a wretch like me. C C7 F C I once was lost but now am found, Am G7 C Was blind, but now I see. C C7 F C T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear. C Am G7 And Grace, my fears relieved. C C7 F C How precious did that Grace appear Am G7 C The hour I first believed. C C7 F C Through many dangers, toils and snares C Am G7 I have already come; C C7 F C 'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far Am G7 C and Grace will lead me home. C C7 F C The Lord has promised good to me. C Am G7 His word my hope secures. C C7 F C He will my shield and portion be, Am G7 C
C C7 F C Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, C Am G7 And mortal life shall cease, C C7 F C I shall possess within the veil, Am G7 C A life of joy and peace. C C7 F C When we've been here ten thousand years C Am G7 Bright shining as the sun. C C7 F C We've no less days to sing God's praise Am G7 C Than when we've first begun.
February – Fever (Peggy Lee) Intro: Am C E Am C Dm Am Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care Am C E Am When you put your arms around me, I get a fever that's so hard to bear Am C Dm Am You give me fever, when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight Am C E Am Fever! In the morning, fever all through the night
Am C Dm Am Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night Am C „ E Am I light up when you call my name, and you know I'm gonna treat you right Am C Dm Am You give me fever, when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight Am C E Am Fever! In the morning, fever all through the night
Am C Dm Am Everybody's got the fever, that is something you all know Am C E Am Fever isn't such a new thing, fever started long ago
Am C Dm Am Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same Am C E Am When he put his arms around her, he said, "Julie, Baby, you're my flame” Am C Dm Am "Thou giveth fever, when we kisseth, fever with thy flaming youth Am C E Am
Am C Dm Am Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair Am C E Am When her daddy tried to kill him, she said, “Daddy, oh, don't you dare!” Am C Dm Am "He gives me fever with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight Am C E Am Fever! I'm his misses, so Daddy, Won't you treat him right?”
Am C Dm Am Now you've listened to my story, here's the point that I have made Am C E Am Chicks were born to give you fever, be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade Am C Dm Am They give you fever, when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn Am C E Am Fever! 'till you sizzle, what a lovely way to burn E Am what a lovely way to burn E Am what a lovely way to burn E Am what a lovely way to burn
March – You are my sunshine (Johnny Cash) C You are my sunshine C7 My only sunshine F You make me happy C C7 When skies are gray F You'll never know dear C How much I love you C Please don't take G7 C My sunshine away C C7 The other night dear, as I lay sleeping F C –C7 I dreamed I held you in my arms F C But when I woke dear, I was mistaken C G7 C And I hung my head and I cried Chorus
C C7 I'll always love you and make you happy F C –C7 If you will only say the same F C But if you leave me to love another, C G7 C You'll regret it all one day Chorus
April – I’m Yours (Jason Mraz) C
Well, you dawned on me and you bet I felt it G I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted Am I fell right through the cracks F Now I'm trying to get back
C Before the cool dawn run out G I'll be giving it my bestest Am And nothing's gonna stop me but divine intervention. F I reckon, it's again my turn To win some or learn some.
C But I won't hesitate G No more, no more. Am It cannot wait, F I'm yours.
C Well, open up your mind and see like me, G Open up your plans and damn you're free.
Am Look into your heart and you'll find love, F love, love, love. C Listen to the music of the moment, people G dance and sing, we're just one big family Am And it's our God-forsaken right to be loved, F loved, loved, loved, loved
C So I won't hesitate G No more, no more. Am It cannot wait, F I'm sure. C There's no need to complicate. G Our time is short. Am This is our fate, F I'm yours. C I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror G And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer Am But my breath fogged up the glass F And so I drew a new face and I laughed.
C I guess what I'll be saying is there ain't no better reason G To rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasons. Am It's what we aim to do. F Our name is our virtue. Chorus C Well, open up your mind and see like me, G Open up your plans and damn you're free. Am F Look into your heart and you'll find that the sky is yours. C So please don't, please don't, please don't.. G. There's no need to complicate. Am 'Cause our time is short. This oh, this oh, this is our fate. F I'm yours.
May - Obladi Oblada(The Beatles) G D7 Desmond has a barrow in the market place G Molly is the singer in a band G7 C Desmond says to Molly, "Girl I like your face" G D7 G And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand G Bm Em Ob-la-di, ob-la-da life goes on brah G D7 G La la how the life goes on G D7 Desmond takes a trolley to the jeweller‟s store G Buys a twenty carat golden ring G7 C Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door G D7 G And as he gives it to her she begins to sing
Chorus G D7 Happy ever after in the market place G Desmond lets the children lend a hand G7 C Molly stays at home and does her pretty face G D7 G And in the evening she still sings it with the band Chorus
June- All Summer Long (Kid Rock) Intro: D C G D C G It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long D C G Caught somewhere between a boy and man D C G She was 17 and she was far from in between D C G It was summertime in Northern Michigan
Intro D C G Splashin' thru the sandbar, talkin' by the campfire D C G It's the simple things in life like when and where D C G We didn't have no internet, but man I never will forget D C G The way the moonlight shined upon her hair
D C G And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things D C G Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs D C G Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow D C G D C G Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long D C G Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
D C G Catchin' walleye from the dock watchin' waves roll off the rocks D C G She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul D C G We'd blister in the sun we couldn't wait for night to come D C G To hit that sandy place of rock 'n roll
Chorus D C G Now nothin' seems as strange as when the leaves began to change D C G Oh how we thought those days would never end D C G Sometimes I hear that song and I'll start to sing along D C G And think man I'd like to see that girl again
Chorus(2x)
July- We’ll meet again (Johnny Cash) C E A A7 We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when D D7 G G7 but I know we'll meet again some sunny day. C E A A7 Keep smiling through just like you always do, D D7 G C FC till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away.
C7 C C7 C And will you please say hello to the folks that I know F tell 'em I won't be long, D D7 D D7 and they'll be happy to know that as you saw me go G G7 was singing this song.
August – Riptide(Vance Joy)
Am G C There's this movie that I think you'll like, Am G C this guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City,
Intro: Am G C (x2)
Am G C this cowboy's running from himself. Am G C And she's been living on the highest shelf
Am G C I was scared of dentists and the dark, Am G C I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations, Am G C Oh all my friends are turning green, Am G C You're the magicians assistant in their dreams.
Am G C Ooh, ooh ooh Am G C Ooh, and they come unstuck
Am G C Lady, running down to the riptide, C Am taken away to the dark side, G C I wanna be your left hand man. Am G C I love you when you're singing that song and, C Am I got a lump in my throat 'cause G C you're gonna sing the words wrong
Am G C Ooh, ooh ooh Am G C (hold) Ooh, and they come unstuck Chorus Am G I just wanna, I just wanna know, C F If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay, Am G I just gotta, I just gotta know, C F I can't have it, I can't have it any other way Am G C I swear she's destined for the screen, Am G C Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh
Chorus
September – We are going to be friends (The White Stripes) G Fall is here, hear the yell G back to school, ring the bell C brand new shoes, walking blues G climb the fence, books and pens D C G i can tell that we are gonna be friends G Walk with me, Suzy Lee G through the park, and by the tree C we will rest upon the ground G and look at all the bugs we've found D C G then safely walk to school without a sound G Well here we are, no one else G we walked to school all by ourselves C there's dirt on our uniforms G from chasing all the ants and worms D C G we clean up and now it's time to learn
G Numbers. letters, learn to spell G Noun, and books, and show and tell C at playtime we will throw the ball G back to class, through the hall D C D teacher marks our height against the wall C G And we don't notice any time pass C G we don't notice anything D (we sit side by side in every class) C teacher thinks that i sound funny D but she likes the way you sing G Tonight i'll dream while i'm in bed G when silly songs go through my head C about the bugs and alphabet G and when i wake tomorrow i'll bet D C G that you and i will walk together again D C G (cuase i can tll that we are going to be friends
October - Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Rod Stewart) Intro Am F/C C G C C Someone told me long ago C G There's a calm before the storm, I know C And it's been coming for some time
C Yesterday and days before C G Sun is cold and rain is hard, I know C Been that way for all my time C 'Til forever on it goes C G Thru the circle fast and slow, I know C And it can't stop, I wonder
Chorus C When it's over, so they say C G It'll rain a sunny day, I know C Shining down like water
Chorus F G I wanna know C Em Am Have you ever seen the rain F G I wanna know C Em Am Have you ever seen the rain F G C Coming down on a sunny day
November – Suck it and See (The Arctic Monkeys) C Am Your love is like a studded leather headlock Dm G Your kiss it could put creases in the rain C Am You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock Dm G C And those other girls are just postmix lemonade C F G Suck it and see you never know C F G Sit next to me before I go Dm G Am Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes Dm G C Be cruel to me cause I'm a fool for you
C Am I poured my aching heart into a pop song Dm G I couldn't get the hang of poetry C Am That's not a skirt girl that's a sawn off shotgun Dm G C And I can only hope you've got it aimed at me
Chorus
December – Silent Night G Silent night, Holy night D7 G G7 All is calm, all is bright C G Round yon virgin, mother and child C G Holy infant, so tender and mild D7 G Sleep in heavenly peace, G D7 G Sleep in heavenly peace.
G Silent night, holy night D7 G G7 Shepherds quake at the sight C G Glories stream from heaven afar C G Heavenly hosts sing halleluia D7 G Christ the saviour is born G D7 G Christ the saviour is born.
